Chey Tae-Won

Birthname

Chey Tae-won

Birthdate

December 3, 1960

Birthplace

Suwon, South Korea

Education

Korea University

Profession

Businessman

Net worth

$3,400,000,000

Source of Wealth

SK Group

Nationality

South Korea

Marital Status

Married (Roh So-young)

Children

3

Korean businessman Chey Tae-Won has an estimated net worth of $3.4 billion as of April 2016 according to Forbes. Currently, Chey Tae-Won heads SK Corporation which is considered as South Korea's third largest conglomerate which holds interests in various fields such as telecom, chemicals and energy.

Chey Tae-Won was born on December 3, 1960 in Suwon, Gyeongi Province, South Korea. He is a graduate of Korea University. Currently based in Seoul, Tae-Won is married to Roh So-young with whom he has three children.

In December 2012, he resigned as the Chairman of SK Corporation before he was convicted of embezzling $43 million. He is to serve four years of imprisonment. In 2003, he was imprisoned for 7 months due to accounting fraud but he was pardoned.